Queen Kat on Tuesday -- Luna's Crystal Ball and a give away!

  I will draw a winner for the blog candy/qk give away on 6th and will post it on Feb 7th, please spread the word.

I have been working on many projects this month for Queen Kat and have decided how much fun would it be to give away these great projects to you our dedicated customers and fans.

In an effort to get your creative juices flowing, I created Luna's Crystal ball using a snow globe I purchased on clearance after the Christmas Holidays.  I used a 25 strand white light set also purchased on clearance, cut a small hole in the bottom and threaded the lights up.

Luna is stamped onto tissue paper and colored with my Copic markers.   I then cut the image out carefully with very sharp scissors and applied the image to the snow globe using Crystal lacquer.  You need to work quickly but delicately to keep the tissue from wrinkling and then seal the top over with another layer of the crystal lacquer.

I then applied various flowers and butterflies to the globe using both E6000 glue and hot glue.  The hot glue just holds things in place while the E6000 glue dries.  I also used some dangles/baubles and bling from my personal collection.  The entire process took about 2 1/2 hours to complete.  I hope you will give this a try, it is super easy and fun.

All you need to do is leave a comment on my blog here or the queen kat blog here.   On Feb 7th I will announce the winner.  Please note if you are not a US citizen, the package may take up to 4 weeks to reach you.  I ship via US parcel post to try and save money. You will receive Luna, two stamped cards and the dream journal as part of this give away.

Happy Stamping and Good luck!

You're never too old

Ok, I had a bit of a sweet tooth and decided the only cure was to make cupcakes.  These pictures only prove that you are NEVER too old to lick the cake batter bowl.

Chad was thrilled and a bit annoyed at the picture taking by his mother.  Oh the tee-shirt reads "Never look a monkey in the eye". Trust me, it suites him well.

We lost power for a bit last night, but no one noticed talk about all snuggled up tightly in our beds, we where zoned.

It has been a wonderful weekend and Chad has the next couple of days off.  Umm, should I turn him into "Cinder fella" or let him play on the computer and Wii until his eyes can't take it any more? Umm I think a mix of the two.

I hope you have enjoyed the pictures of my goof.  Stamp happy and make cupcakes!

January Swaps for Your Paper Pantry

  I got a bit ambitious for January, I joined a bunch of swaps.  All are completed and have arrived at the hostess destination except for the mini album that went to Australia.

   I joined the pocket for your thoughts,stick pin, mini album spring,mini album dessert recipe, tags,ATC.  I assure you I'm missing something on that list, but it was sure fun to participate.

  One of my favorites was the altered tag.  I cut the bird cage out with my Accucut Grand Marc machine from medium (recycled) chipboard which I covered in soft muted papers sprayed with home made glimmer mist.  I stamped the image and finished off the tag with a bird.  The theme was "winter", and I kept it simple, yet it came out so nicely.  I'm very proud of my work.

  Speaking of work, I stood on the scale this morning. Drum roll please.  As of this morning according to my personal scale, I've lost 30 pounds.  Yup, 30.  Now about 25/30 more pounds needs to leave before the wedding of Michael and Julie in June.

  We have a busy year upon us, and are very excited to have these many blessings given to us.

  Stamp happy be a blessing!

Queen kat on Tuesday -- lot's of pictures!!

Grace by Micah Carmichael and Luna by Kerry Swinamer

Hi Friends!

It is Tuesday and time for some more of the yummy Queen Kat stamps.

The first project is using Luna on a dream journal. Very simple. I used a junior legal pad that was purchased from an office supply store and measured it. I covered the journal with brown card stock.

I taped the paper pad to the inside back cover, slit two holes for ribbon closure and covered the front with different patterned papers from Jillibean soup purchased from my local craft store.

I attached Luna to the front with E6000 glue. Then I attached the different "do dads" to the front with the same adhesive. I used a sentiment from my personal stash and hand wrote out dream, love, faith,pray randomly over the cover. The entire project took less than 10 minutes.

For the Grace image, I kept things simple yet elegant. She was stamped onto Copic card using memento tuxedo black ink. She was then colored with copic markers. I trimmed the image out using scissors.

Using card stock from my stash, I layered on different papers and flowers to give her a more finished look.

I really like the way both projects turned out. I hope you will give them a try!

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Queen Kat on Tuesday Video tutorial

Queen Kat and her wonderful stamps

This video tutorial is for the visual learner, I hope you will give this a try. Crayola model magic is a wonderful product and so fun to use!  See last Tuesday's post for the written step by step.

Enjoy!  Stamp Happy be a blessing!   For the visual learner:

queen Kat on Tuesday with Crayola Model Magic!

It is Tuesday!  Happy New Year!

January 1 marked my ONE YEAR anniversary as a designer for Queen Kat!  It is hard to believe.

OK, need to do a video tutorial for this project, but until I can get to that here are the basic instructions.   Grace by Micah Carmichael and Luna by Kerry Swinamer.

  The first picture is of Luna.  This is so easy a kid can do it, literally.  Take a small hand full of Crayola Model Magic and using a polymer clay roller or dowel, roll it out to about 1/8".  While it is still soft stamp the image into the clay using Memento Tuxedo black in. 

  Then, using your copic markers color the image just like you would on paper, just be sure to use a light touch.  Sketch markers work best.  When blending colors, don't push into the clay or you'll create dimples.

  Next, using your heat gun, and a non-stick craft mat or release foil, heat the image, it will start to bubble up a bit and don't forget to turn it over.  I put a hole in the top of Luna so she can be a necklace, she would be totally great as a medallion or pin embellishment for a dream journal.

  Once the image is completely dry (you will have to heat the front and back) use some Crystal lacquer and seal it.  Place it aside to dry.  I didn't not use a thick coat and it still took nearly 2 hours to dry.

  This is just such a fun project.  I bought 2 gallons of the crayola stuff from my local craft store. You don't even have to do the math on this one.  A four ounce container was $4.00.  A two gallon container was $22.00 minus my 40% off coupon.  That is value my friend.

  Go visit Queen Kat and try these wonderful fun techniques.

   Stamp Happy!